Remember National Talk Like a Pirate Day? Well, one of my all-time favorite websites, Arts and Letters Daily, is a little late with its entries, but here are a couple of links to remember for next year.

Find your pirate name. (I am Captain Anne Kidd. Yarr!)

Get your very own Pirate Insult Generator (also known as Acme Scurvy Whoreson Bilgerat).

What is with the ubiquitousness of piracy all of a sudden? As for me, I've always had a soft spot for a good swashbuckler. Captain Blood, especially.

Speaking of which, did anyone read Langeweische's article in the Atlantic a couple of months ago on Anarchy at Sea?

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